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...doing something harmful to oneself or to the aggressor. Different ways of discrimination occurs very often in the workplace. The most common would be, sexism against women; because men are the more dominant figure in today s society they receive more jobs, than do women
Sexism is described as “discrimination or devaluation based on a person's sex as in restricted job opportunities; especially, such discrimination directed against women.” (Merriam-Webster) Since the beginning of history, sexism has always been a prominent barrier between sexes. The notion that women are not on the same level as men has always been in existence. Children learn from their parents and society the conception of "feminine" and "masculine." (Leon-Guerrero) Much about these conceptions is not biological at all but cultural.
Sexism in education is clearly associated with sexism in the workplace. When women are expected to “stay in the home,” they are unable to access the necessary educational resources to compete with men in the job market. If by chance they are able to secure a position, women may be less prepared educationally for the task, and thus draw lower wages. When you think of a CEO of a company or of world political leaders, do you think of a man or of a woman? Many, if not most of us, see these positions as being held by men. There is more sexism in the workplace than we could ever imagine but it is...

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Race and Sexism; Words that can Change our Lives;
We are aware of it, now what do we do?
When I first took this class I knew of sexism and the problems it takes on people and the same with racism and I never thought it about it in much detail. Thinking back on my life I realized how big a role sexism had on me without even knowing it, especially being a blonde, athletic girl. Just in those three descriptions of me there are many different stereotypes I was held too. Discrimination like these two are sneaky when you don’t recognize it, especially as kids. We aren’t born with these traits of sexism and racism we are taught and observe these in our everyday lives. My parents were big on “be and do whatever you want to do” but society had a different route for me, one that limits my abilities. This class has taught me many things to be aware of and below are just a few things I will take with me forever.
Sexism and racism are two social issues that need an urgent resolution. Society is becoming increasingly aware of the need to adjust inequalities between males and females and between people from different races and colors in the sectors of politics, economy and society. As an anarchist I oppose any kind of discrimination wherever it exists on principle or on practice. We should find a solution to reconcile differences and surpass the misery of sexism and racism as both being...

...Sexism in Language
By
Alberto García Acosta
General Linguistics
Ruth Elizabeth Delgado Carrillo
Introduction
Let’s begin by defining the word sexism:
“Prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex”.
So, as we can see from the definition, even though sexist attitudes can be directed towards both a male person and a female person, they are usually inflicted upon the female gender. Sexist language, therefore, refers to a certain way of using the language in favor of a specific sex, thus discriminating the other one. But, during this composition we are going to analyze how sexist language is, as we mentioned before, usually directed towards women. We are also going to analyze a bit further on how people react towards this kind of language and how we can avoid using it.
Still in our present, men are considered the form of the human species. The word “men” or “man” if often used to refer to all humans’ characteristics, ways of thinking and actions. We can see some examples of this in famous phrases such as Neil Armstrong’s first words when he stepped on the moon:
“That’s one small step for man and a giant leap for mankind”
Or phrases like:
“Man has always been driven by his desire for happiness”
So, even if these expressions may not be trying to discriminate women, they still show us that our society’s views on mankind usually take the male form as the representative for our...

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Sexism in language
Definition Sexism in language is Prejudice or discrimination based on sex especially discrimination against women.
Sexist language is language that excludes either men or women when discussing a topic that is applicable to both sexes.
* Pashto as a sexist language
It has been said that English, which is an international language, reflects sexism. Despite decades of feminist consciousness-raising, sexist language still exists in English culture. Gender-specific titles and pronouns can subtly influence sexism as well as our thoughts and expectations about gender roles and appropriate occupations and goals for the sexes. So, if an international language is not free from sexism, then what about other languages, which are not spoken as international languages or which are not spoken by greater number of people.
Pashto is also one of those languages, which is effected by sexism. Sexism in Pashto language is much similar to sexism in English language.
* Generic noun
Like English language Pashto...

...Diuvska N. Quiñones August 26, 2013
Professor G. Pieri
Sexism and Bigotry.
By definition the term sexism means prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex; in restricted job opportunities; especially, such discrimination directed against women. As well a bigot is a person who is intolerant of any ideas other than his or her own, especially on religion, politics, or race. As I researched for this paper in the Museum of Tolerance in N.Y., I learned that the human mind makes 11 assumptions about a person in the first 7 seconds of meeting them. We must be aware of this in order to take a positive action rather than a negative approach based on false assumptions. Is it fair to say that everyone is a sexist and/or a bigot? I will be blunt enough to affirm that hypothesis, bases on the fact that our borrow values and our social construct drive us in that direction. As Mr. Anthony Porter verbally expresses in his lecture “A Call to Men” we must break from the so called “MAN BOX” and teach boys and men that not being part of the mainstream male dominant society is perfectly correct. The power that an image holds has depicted many things in American culture during the 20th and 21st centuries; such as propaganda, stereotyping, and the dehumanization of minority groups. In the same form, the power of words, which can lift a person, has brought down ethnic groups all over the world.
Words have...

...﻿Defining Prejudice
Prejudice-a preconceived negative judgement of a group and its individual members.
-prejudice is an attitude. The negative evaluations that mark prejudice often are supported by negative beliefs called stereotypes.
Forms of prejudice
Stereotype – a belief about the personal attributes of a group of people. Stereotypes are sometimes overgeneralized, inaccurate, and resistant to new information.
Discrimination- unjustified negative behaviour toward a group or its members.
Racism- an individual’s prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behaviour toward people of a given race or institutional practices that subordinate people of a given race.
Sexism- an individual’s prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory behaviour toward people of a given sex.
Racial prejudice
In the context of the world, Every race is a minority. Most folks see prejudice in other people.
-is racial prejudice disappearing?
-in 1942 most Americans agreed that there should be separate sections for negroes on streetcars and buses.
-parents both black and white suggested that their children should know the history of blacks and whites.
-most black and white would likely to vote a black American for president.
In the United States, whites tend to compare the present with the oppressive past and to perceive swift and radical progress. Blacks tend to compare their present with their ideal world, which has not yet been realized, and to perceive somewhat less progress.
Gender...

...Continuing need
Sexism is still in evidence in the workplace and in today's society despite the battle that women are making for themselves. Sexism is a particular concern for society when considering its effect in the workplace. Sexism has always been a particular problem in the labor market especially with the formation of capitalism. In the last half of the 20th century this has been especially highlighted due to the increase of woman entering the labour market. This aroused the need for legislation for equal opportunity for both sex's to be passed in 1975. It stated that discrimination of a person's sex whether male or female was unlawful in employment, union membership, education, provision of goods, services, advertisements. Woman hold a large percentage of the work force in companies but hardly any seems to pertain any of the power. There are many obstacles in the way of woman in careers; women are in the quest for equal pay for both sexes. The pay should be the same for the same jobs, but many companies pay men a higher salary then women for the same job causing sex discrimination. Sex discrimination means that a person gets treated in a less favourable manner because of their sex. A good example of this is to take two fictional characters, Mr and Mrs Jones. The Jones's wanted to go swimming. They get to the swimming pools where they find that Mrs. Jones is charged a discounted price while Mr. Jones has...

...﻿SexismSexism has always been a problem in the whole world . It has been a problem that many people overlook, simply because they think it does not actually exist! However, sexism is present in our current society today. The importance of media cannot be ignored or neglected in our modern society. Media can be considered as the powerful tool of communication and it produces both negative and positive impacts on the society. This essay focuses on the increasing rate of sexism in media and its influences and impacts on the society. It must be treated as a serious issue or problem because teens, females and general public are the general victim of this powerful tool. On the other hand, it yields best result for the marketing companies but social issues related to sexism in media should be taken seriously instead of getting economical benefits. The growing rate of sexism in media should be at least minimized if it cannot be banned completely. The importance of advertisement cannot be neglected but it must not be done by using the sex as an instrument to gain public attention. These type of advertises not only exploit the teen or kid innocence but also present the undress woman as an sex object which is the major factor to increase his violence and crimes such as rape against women.
This paragraph will present some interesting factors and information which are related to the topic....